At least one U.S. company and a separate lawyer each recently disclosed to DOJ that they started working for Ukrainian officials since the Russian invasion.
The Russian journalist who interrupted a state TV news bulletin and denounced the war in Ukraine has been fined 30,000 roubles ($280) by a Russian court.
The case is thought to be the first time ever that a company's board has been challenged over its failure to adequately prepare for the energy transition.
Even if China wanted to "bail out" Russia, its capacity to do so is very limited, said Robert Daly, director of the Kissinger Institute on China and the U.S.
The unprecedented economic and financial sanctions on Russia, though historic, have been insufficient to deter Putin from escalating his war on Ukraine.
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